Blank. Side 144 1840 - 1844

This 19th-century sketchbook page, "Blank. Side 144," by Danish artist Johan Thomas Lundbye, is an example of the artist's meticulous approach to observation and composition. While the page itself appears blank, it showcases the artist's process of recording nature through delicate pencil sketches. The faint yellow stains on the paper are remnants of earlier drawings or notes, highlighting the page's history as a working space for Lundbye's creative exploration. This sketchbook page, now housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, offers a glimpse into the artist's creative mind, a space where ideas were nurtured and developed before taking form in his more finished works.